Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Indiana right to work

INDIANAPOLIS -- State lawmakers were poised Wednesday to pass legislation that would make Indiana the Rust Belts first right-to-work state and prohibit labor contracts requiring workers to pay union representation fees.

(Huffington Post)

Indiana could become the first state to embrace a right-to-work law in more than a decade, alarming organized labor proponents who fear a shift in public support for workers rights.

(CNN)

INDIANAPOLIS — Business groups that have pushed for Indiana to become the first right-to-work state in the Rust Belt say they're ready to start promoting once it becomes law.

(News and Tribune.com)

January 31, 2012 (INDIANAPOLIS) -- The Indiana Senate has set the stage for a final legislative vote on the contentious right-to-work bill. The Republican-dominated Senate on Tuesday rejected all amendments offered by Democratic senators to the bill.

(Abc Local Web)

Super Bowl Sunday is also shaping up as the kickoff for Indiana's debut as the nation's newest right-to-work state.

(Washington Times)

HIGHLAND — Republicans who made Indiana the nation's 23rd right-to-work state have turned the November general election into a referendum on working people, the president of the AFL-CIO said Tuesday. Gov.

(Chicago Sun-Times)

The Indiana Senate will take a final vote on the right-to-work bill on Wednesday, with the bill to go to Gov. Mitch Daniels to be signed in to law soon after.

(Lafayette Journal and Courier)

Senate Democrats boycotted a committee hearing on right-to-work Monday, protesting the way Republicans are handling the controversial bill.